The Strongest Fairy

Chapter 40 Opening Announcement of the Battle Tournament

「Now then everyone, We will now start with the grouping!!」

We were sightseeing and checking everything we could in the city until it was time for the tournament to begin. We never asked for requests, we did visit ruins, walked around and even confessed to Arena when we went under the tree of the eternal rainbow. We also played a lot on the lake, and boarded La Veil to look at the capital from above. Well, all we did was play around. We didn't regret it (No regrets).

[ED: Confess to Arena and ride La Veil, this Aidle is getting really frisky :D]

And now, the day the battle tournament has arrived. I was told that a lot of brawny men were gathering, but there are also a lot of other people. I and La Veil were completely buried by all the competitors.

「First will be Group 1! Those whose numbers are called come forward!!」

「Oh, it has finally began」

「I don't want to be in the same group as master on the first round」

「Me too, I don't want to beat something up to the point that I would hurt my hands」

「Please, can't we just forget about that?!」

We don't really want to be involved with people on the same level as Baldy so we covered ourselves with cloaks again. Arena is hidden in my cloak by the way, she currently in fairy form. She's probably still sleepy, I can hear her sleeping breath.

「First Group Selection is Over!! Now it will be for the second Group!!」

「Ah right. La Veil, can you hold back a little until we reach the qualifying rounds?」

「Eh, why? That sounds really troublesome...」

「What if I say it's for Arena?」

「Let me hear more about it?」

Well it will be about the bet. Apparently, if it's someone popular, it will have a lot of bets, so it constantly increases as the participant climbs up the ranks. To put it in another way, if you win the preliminaries, the amount increase would also be great, so if you win a fight with a very huge difference in bets, the exchange will be several times higher.

La Veil understood my explanation and decides to follow through with it. Well, the real deal will come out after La Veil enters the stage. It would be tough if she got disqualified early in the game.

「Next, third group! ... Number 325!!」

「Oh, that's the number on my back, I'll be going first Master. See you at the qualifying rounds」

We both have clothes with big number stuck on our back. It is also some kind of magic tool, it is made so that it doesn't peel off not unless you pour in a certain amount of magic power.

「Alright, See you later」

「Go~Go~」

「Ouo!!」

La Veil quickly disappeared after reaching the door. After a while I was called in the 8th group. I also pass through the door and set foot in a place I was instructed to.

「Participants, although familiar faces could be seen here and there, I will now be explaining the rules for the annual battle tournament!」

When we were waiting at our designated places, a tournament staff climbed up an elevated floor and began explaining. I have also heard about it from Aguera-san in advanced, but for now it's much better to listen carefully.

「First of all, killing your opponents will be strictly prohibited!! If judged that an opponent was killed intentionally, the participant will be disqualified. Other than that, as long as your opponents are alive, there will be no restrictions placed on attack methods. It's fine even if chop off their limbs as long as it doesn't result in instant death. It will be fine. There are hundreds of recovery magicians present in the stadium waiting to heal anyone badly injured. So fight with all you've got!! And as for the number of qualifier of this time's battle royale, it will be three people! Well then, you may now prepare for your turn!!」